Naomi’s eyes darted around. She shied away from Stephen as she did with all men, although Stephen was never anything but gentle with her. It broke Paula’s heart. She’d tried to get her to go to Northwest Nazarene University as many of her peers had done, but she wouldn’t go. Her father and her brother needed her; she’d said.
“The woman in the cabin? Who is she?” Naomi asked nervously.
“What do you know?” Stephen asked. Paula shook her head at him, warning. He subsided.
“Naomi? It’s OK. What about her?”
“Dad is mad about something. He had me take dinner out to her. But he made John go with me. Told John to take a rifle and to stay back, that she was dangerous. But....” Then she swallowed. “I should go.”
“No, stay. Would you like some tea?” Paula didn’t wait for an answer, put the kettl
